Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
JCRS Isaac Solomon Historic Synagogue Foundation Records
Collection
Identifier: B353
Abstract
The Isaac Solomon Historic Synagogue Foundation was founded in 2001 with a mission to restore the Beth Jacob Synagogue building and a tent structure on the former campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) in Lakewood, Colorado. The Foundation was dissolved in 2013 due to financial challenges. This collection shows the process and challenges of historic preservation. Collection contains correspondence, architectural and construction information, historical background materials,...
Dates:
circa 1957-2012
Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's Campus Drawing, 1923
Item
Identifier: B002.04.0339.0002.00001
Abstract
The Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) campus includes the crop fields, the main buildings and tent cottages. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver. This photograph of a birds-eye view drawing is mounted on cardboard 12.5 x 21 inches.
Dates:
1923